Winter Storm Batters Georgia and the South

Feb. 12, 2014

Sparse traffic makes its way on the Interstate 75/85 connector just south of downtown Atlanta, early Feb. 12, 2014. A combination of sleet, snow and freezing rain was expected to coat power lines and tree branches with more than an inch of ice between Atlanta and Augusta.

A massive winter storm that experts are calling "catastrophic" is churning its way through the South, grounding flights, keeping cars off the road and shuttering schools and businesses.

In Georgia alone, more than 100,000 customers are without power. Atlanta, the region's hub for commerce and travel, is under a state of emergency and frozen in half an inch of ice. And there are at least 254,000 homes and businesses without power across at least six southern states.